They signed him to a two-year deal this offseason, with $600,000 guaranteed, and roster bonuses for games played. The Falcons would have been on the hook for his $750,000 base salary if he was placed on injured reserve.

More likely, they’d have placed him on the reserve/non-football injury list, which would have allowed them to withhold his pay.

A league source told PFT Tuesday that Tatupu’s weight-lifting injury was not in the Falcons weight room, but off-site, which limits their liability.

Either way, they’re done with him, and any comeback looks much less likely now that he’ll be two years removed from the field. Knee and concussion issues ended his time in Seattle, and the pectoral injury kept him from a shot at a starting job with the Falcons.

Sucks because he had so much potential and his first few years in Seattle he was solid. On a different note, probably should have treated Curtis Lofton a little better and you wouldn’t be having to sign Mike Peterson…isn’t he like 40? Seems the Falcons will never understand that it’s defense you need to get straight before you do anything else to help that offense, though the offense isn’t looking much better.